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Home My WebLink AboutRCC MIN 1990/10/15MIN UTF.S OF A SCHEDULED REGULAR MEETING Resource Conservation Commission Chula Vista, California 6:00 p.m. Conference Roan 1 Monday, September 10, 1990 Public Services Building CALL MEETING TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: Meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m. by Chairman Fox. Present: Commissioners Ray, Hall, and Ghougassian. Absent: Stevens, Johnson and Chidester. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: It was MS UP (Ray/Hall) to approve the minutes of August 20, 1990. NEW BUSINESS: Items for the Planning Commission Agenda for the meeting of September 12, 1990 were reviewed and included the following: Public Hearing PCZ-90-i-M: Rezone Wood lawn Park/East Woodlawn Park. Staff recanmendation is approval; no action by Comnission. Public Hearing PCZ-90-G: Request to rezone and subdivide 647 E. Naples from R-1-10 to R-1-7. Staff recanmendation is approval; no action by Commission. Public Hearing PCZ-91-B: Request to rezone property at 245 'E' Street from single family residential to commercial office. Staff recanmendation is approval; no action by Commission. OLD BUSINESS: 1. The item regarding the creation of two new community planning groups did not appear on this agenda and will continue to the next meeting with a full commission, it is requested that this item be placed on the next agenda and that notices be sent to interested parties. 2. Review of 'Environmental Agenda for the '90's. 46 out of 57 items have been previously approved. The following were reviewed: It ans $2 and #25 - combined into one item; further discussion will continue with a full commission. Item #6 - continued until commission is able to hear opinion from City Attorney. It was MS UP (Ray/ Ghougassian) to carry over Item g6 until staff can adequately report on it. Item #17 - It was MS UP (Fox/Hall) for RCC to recommend to City Council to adopt as goal the consideration of open space zone designation for at least part of the Bayfront property to include but not be limited to the site being considered for the additional power plant. Page 2 Item #20 - It was MS UP (Ghougassian/Ray) for the commission to recommend to the City Council to adopt as goal the direction of staff to prepare a policy, with input from the Environmental Health Coalition and appropriate others, to eliminate wherever feasible, the use of polluting chemicals by the city and prescribing alternatives. Item #24 - It was MS UP (Ghougassian/Ray) to request that staff obtain a copy of Assemblyman Peace's A.B. 1332 to get the intent and impact of said bill; item continued to October 1st meeting after information is obtained. Item $25 - To be discussed with full commission (combined with Item #2). Stem #33 - It was MS UP (Fox/Ray) to continue this item until the October 1st meeting when input is received from the Planning Dept. as to how they will accomplish this goal, what measures to use, and the impact on public safety. Item #40 - It was MS UP (Ghougassian/Hall) for council to send letters from the city to legislators and local judges reiterating our desire for greater protection from methamphetamine manufacturers and other illegal drugs, by tougher sentencing. Item #41 - It was MSUP (Ghougassian/Hall) for council to send appropriate letters in sentencing proceedings involving methamphetamine manufacturing and illegal drug activ lty in Chula Vista, reminding judges of the serious- ness of this activity and the need for protecting the public. Item g41(a) - It was MS UP (Ray/Ghougassian) to amend Item #41 to #41(a), and to change the language to read, "Council to send appropriate letters in sentencing proceedings involving illegal drug activity in Chula Vista, reminding judges of the seriousness of this activity and the need for protecting the public.' Item #40(a) - It was MSUP (Ghougassian/Ray) to rescind the previous motion on item #40 as just approved, to amend the motion to reflect the same language as previously stated, and to adopt item #40 as item #40(a) to read, 'Council to send appropriate letters in sentencing proceedings involving illegal drug activity in Chula Vista, reminding judges of the seriousness of this activity and the need for protecting the public.' Item #44 - It was MS UP (Ray/Ghougassian) to continue this item until October 1st when there is further review of Mr. Peace's bill. it was MS UP (Fox/Ray) to reschedule the previous motion to move to October 15th meeting. Commissioner Ray withdrew his first motion to move this item to October 1st. Item #52 - It was MSUP (Ray/Ghougassian) to continue this item until October 1st meeting, time permitting, when Councilman Nader or city attorney is contacted for further information. It is further requested that staff be present or have a comment draft from the Planning Dept, regarding this item. Page 3 STAFF REPORT: The Board Commission Committee banquet is scheduled for Thursday, September 13th. Meeting was adjourned by Chairman Fox at 7:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, EXPRESS SECRETARIAL SERVICES Barbara Taylor OOO MINUTES OF A SCHEDULED REGULAR MEETING Resource Conservation Commission Chula Vista, California 6:00 p.m. Council Chambers Monday, September 24, 1990 Public Services Building CALL MEETING TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: Meeting was called to order at 6:07 p.m. by Chairman Fox. City Staff Enviro;nnental Review Coordinator Doug Reid called roll. Present: Commissioners Johnson, Hall, Ghougassian. Absent: Stevens and Ray. Frank Chidester submitted a letter of resignation from the Board. On behalf of RCC, Chairman Fox canmended Commissioner Chidester for his time of service. NEW BUSINESS: A. Frank Rojas, Chula Vista Historical Society, made a presentation for the designation of historical trees. It was recommended that Staff prepare a statement for clarification from the City. B. Diana Richardson made a presentation of the Bayfront Draft EIR-87-5. Much of the discussion dealt with the project's negative impact concerning parking, traffic, high density, lack of park lands, and building heights. It was recommended that adoption of the draft with a provision of public access be given high priority. Hall commented that the Bayfront should be left to the public. It was moved by Fox to recommend to Planning Commission and City Council that the Draft EIR is adequate, however, a provision should be included that parkland and parking spaces for public access be dealt with in Phase I of the project. Due to lack of a second, the motion was withdrawn. It is noted that the parking problem is already mitigated in Phase I. It was MS UP (Fox/Johnson) to recommend to the Planning Commission and City Council that the Draft EIR is adequate. Further comments were made regarding the high rises, schools in residential area, water usage and availability of water. It was moved and seconded (Fox/Hall) to recommend that the proposed Bayfront project be denied, but instead to review other alternatives; Ayes: Fox, Hall, Johnson. No: Ghougassian; motion failed. C. A report on the Integrated Pest Management Policy for Indoor Pest Control was presented. it was MS UP (Ghougassian/Hall) to recommend approval of the proposed recommendations with the addition of a g8, to encourage and make available to major employers to implement the IPM. D. Stephanie Popek presented a draft for Residential Curbside Recycling. After much discussion, it was moved and seconded (Hall/Fox) to recommend approval of the draft agreement with Laidlaw for residential curbside recycling; Ayes: Fox/Hall/Ghougassian; No: Johnson; motion failed. Page 2 It was moved by Ghougassian to inform Council that the fee of $1.25 is objectionable; due to lack of a second, the motion died. It was MS UP (Fox/Johnson) to direct Staff to justify the cost of the $1.25 fee per household and to address the issue of making recycling an incentive- based program. E. Review of the 'Agenda for the 90 's• was continued. Item q6 was awaiting input from the city attorney and staff; Item $24 - Board members just received a copy of the bill in question with inadequate time for review. F. Items £or the Planning Commission Agenda for the meeting of September 26, 1990 were reviewed with no action taken by the Commission. STAFF REPORT: In response to the city clerk's memo requesting possible times for an orientation meeting, it was decided to eliminate afternoons and attempt scheduling from that. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS It 1s noted that the Recommendation to Create Community Planning Group was omitted from the agenda; request this item be added to next agenda. Fox requested from staff the appropriate technology to draft EIR should be available to commission for recanmendations to Council. Chula Vista is not the lead agency. Ghougassian questioned the time frame of receiving the EIR for the proposed new plant of SDG&E. it is not available and the Energy Commission may determine that it does not require it. Air Pollution Control District does have information on emissions, quantities, etc. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned by Chairman Fox at 8:59 p.m. Respectfully submitted, EXPRESS SECRETARIAL SERVICES ~~2LF{,2:~ ~z~~~~~ Barbara Taylor